Saturday 26 January 1889 at Dudley Road (Att 4,500)

Wolves (4) 5 (Lowder 5, Knight 15, Wood**, Brodie*): Rose, Baugh, Mason, Fletcher, Allen, Lowder, Hunter, Wykes, Brodie, Wood, Knight.
Everton (0) 0: Smalley, Dobson, Ross, Stevenson, Holt, Farmer, Joe Davies, Watson, Milward, WE Chadwick, Angus.

Referee: Mr J Cooper (Blackburn).
Landmark: Everton’s Stevenson makes his League debut.
Position: 3rd.